Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2012, 6:21 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 2012, 6:21 PM MDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2012, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 6:45 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Sse Holly, CO | HAIL TO NEAR QUARTER SIZE...60 MPH WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ESTIMATED BY CDOT WORKERS ON HIGHWAY 89 NEAR HOLLY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 193 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 419 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -288 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2191 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
951
WUUS55 KPUB 080021
SVRPUB
COC099-080045-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0098.120808T0021Z-120808T0045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
621 PM MDT TUE AUG 7 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 645 PM MDT
* AT 617 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
HOLLY...OR 29 MILES EAST OF LAMAR...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOLLY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3796 10205 3807 10220 3821 10212 3817 10203
3811 10203 3796 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 338DEG 13KT 3808 10207
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
258
WWUS55 KPUB 080035
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
635 PM MDT TUE AUG 7 2012
COC099-080045-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-120808T0045Z/
PROWERS CO-
635 PM MDT TUE AUG 7 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
PROWERS COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM MDT...
AT 634 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
HOLLY...OR 30 MILES EAST OF LAMAR...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOLLY AND RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME EASTERN PROWERS COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3796 10205 3806 10215 3818 10208 3817 10203
3811 10203 3796 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 356DEG 13KT 3803 10206
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 6:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 40 min |
| Aug 7, 7:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 35 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.